{"id":196626,"date":"2025-09-10T12:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=196626"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:38:04","slug":"how-to-turn-the-email-swoosh-sound-on-or-off-in-apple-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/how-to-turn-the-email-swoosh-sound-on-or-off-in-apple-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn the email swoosh sound ON or OFF in Apple Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this quick tutorial, we’ll show you how to turn off or restore the sent mail sound in the Apple Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, allowing you to set it to your preferred settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you send a new email or reply to one from the Apple Mail app, you hear a whoosh<\/strong> or swoosh<\/strong> sound, as if something is leaving your device, which in this case is the message you just sent.<\/p>\n

This sound serves no purpose other than to audibly confirm your email is on its way to the recipient. But if you send a lot of messages, it can become quite annoying. Conversely, if you love this sound and audio confirmation, it may cause a bit of doubt when this swoosh sound isn’t played after hitting the send arrow button.<\/p>\n

So, whichever camp you’re in, here’s how to enable or disable the swoosh\/whoosh sound when sending emails in the Apple Mail app.<\/p>\n

On iPhone and iPad<\/h2>\n
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  1. Open the Settings app<\/strong> and tap Sounds & Haptics<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Tap Sent Mail<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. To disable the sound, tap None<\/strong> at the top. And to activate the whoosh sound, tap Classic<\/strong> and select Swoosh (Default)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Setting <\/p>\n

    On Mac<\/h2>\n

    Unlike iOS, the sent mail setting for the Mail app isn’t in the Sound<\/em> section of macOS System Settings. Instead, there is a single option in the Mail app settings to enable or disable all Mail sounds, except for the incoming email notifications.<\/p>\n

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    1. Open the Mail app<\/strong> on your Mac and click Mail<\/strong> > Settings<\/strong> from the top menu bar.<\/li>\n
    2. Make sure you’re in the General<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n
    3. Uncheck the box for \u201cPlay sounds for other mail actions<\/strong>,\u201d and now there will be no swoosh sound when you send an email from your Mac. If you want this sound, check the box, and then close the settings window.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"Play <\/p>\n

      Temporary solution \u2014 Lower the system volume<\/h2>\n

      If you want to keep the swoosh sound enabled for sent emails, but don’t want to hear them temporarily when you’re in a meeting or library, then turn down the system volume, ringtone volume, or mute all sounds entirely.<\/p>\n

      On iPhone or iPad<\/h3>\n